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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/01/17/xia-011717.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Xia Vigor drew praises for her impersonation of Taylor Swift. Photo from the Facebook page of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) - Xia Vigor&#x27;s impersonation of pop star Taylor Swift in Sunday&#x27;s &quot;Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids&quot; has gone viral online and reached a few foreign news outlets.<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kids-taylor-swift-impersonation_us_587cf1b5e4b0e58057ff9636">The Huffington Post</a> featured Vigor&#x27;s cover of &quot;You Belong With Me&quot; and described it as &quot;eerily spot-on.&quot;<a href="http://time.com/4636337/taylor-swift-lookalike/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook">Time </a>also ran an article on Vigor’s performance saying she “does not lack stage presence and starlet-level confidence” for a girl aged 7.<a href="http://people.com/music/taylor-swift-impression-xia-vigor/">People Magazine</a> said Vigor “nailed Swift’s confidence and performance swagger, right down to her facial expressions.”British tabloid <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/16/stop-what-you-are-doing-and-watch-this-little-british-girl-impersonating-taylor-swift-6383283/Refinery29">Metro</a> also picked up Vigor&#x27;s performance and praised the child actress for nailing Swift&#x27;s &quot;divaish finger wagging,&quot; eye rolls, and hair whips.New York-based lifestyle website said Vigor could be Swift&#x27;s &quot;long-lost sister.&quot;Vigor placed third during the second episode of &quot;Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids,&quot; tied with Justin Alva, who transformed into Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. Elha Nympha was the winner.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-FQs_FkDOds?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="510"></iframe></figure>Vigor placed third during the second episode of &quot;Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids,&quot; tied with Justin Alva, who transformed into Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. Elha Nympha was the <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/15/17/elha-as-sharon-cuneta-wins-2nd-week-of-your-face">winner</a>.However, it was Vigor&#x27;s video that earned the second highest number of views on YouTube among the performances from last weekend, behind only Awra Briguela&#x27;s impersonation of <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/14/17/your-face-sounds-familiar-awra-draws-shrieks-as-daniel-padilla">Daniel Padilla</a>.It even drew a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/trending/01/16/17/look-perez-hilton-tweets-about-xias-your-face-performance">reaction</a> from popular American blogger and gossip columnist Perez Hilton.Vigor first made a name for herself for winning the celebrity impersonation contest of &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; in 2015 as Selena Gomez. She is currently part of the morning series &quot;Langit Lupa.&quot;

Xia Vigor's impersonation of pop star Taylor Swift in Sunday's "Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids" has gone viral online and has even reached a few foreign news outlets.

Xia Vigor's impersonation of pop star Taylor Swift in Sunday's "Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids" has gone viral online and has even reached a few foreign news outlets.